Here it is:
Dr.  Mandar Jog, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital -
519-663-3814. Waiting list is about 1 yr if not emergency. Needs
referral.
Another doctor if closer to you is doctor Mark Guttman in Markham,
905-472-7082. This doctor is on all PD videos. More information is
available from Parkinson Society Canada.
Emily
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From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Introducing myself


> Hi! Emily:
>     Thanks for the info.  I may have to do that. Do yu know by chance
> his/her email address?
>     Thanks again.
>     Raj "brightline"
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> From: "Emily and Julian Brinac" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Introducing myself
>
>
> > Hi "Brightline"
> > I hope you will find more answers with dr Lang. If you do not like
the
> > clinic, you may want to go to Western University hospital clinic in
> > London. Their movement specialist is dr. Jog.
> > Emily
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> > From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:44 PM
> > Subject: Introducing myself
> >
> >
> > > Dear Friends:
> > >     I am not new, but I have not been very actively involved so
far,
> > except
> > > sending a couple of comments once in a while. I am 68, running on
69.
> > I am
> > > an officially  retired, but very much active,  profesor and my
area of
> > > research was and is cancer.  I have been having what everybody
thought
> > was
> > > ET (action tremor) since my teen age days.  But, come to think of
it,
> > I had
> > > a slight facial mask from my twenties or thirties.  I recollect in
> > 1972-73,
> > > some of my close friends use to tell me:  "You have a nice smile
and a
> > good
> > > heart.  Why don't you use them to your advantage, instead of
putting
> > up a
> > > sorrow face all the time?"  I am not sure if I had an early onset
PD
> > with
> > > very little true PD symptoms (no resting tremor, posturl
instability,
> > > drooling etc.)  As a hind sight,  I am sure it might be true.
> > >     In 1998 (at my 65th year), when I was lecturing in my class, I
> > noticed a
> > > slight, occasional slurring of my speech.  I did not even dream of
PD
> > in
> > > thse days.  Then, I started noticing my right arm did not swing as
> > good as
> > > my left.  My action tremor in my right hand became very highly
visible
> > and I
> > > began to notice by 2000 my right leg was doing the same in synch
with
> > my
> > > right leg, when I did smething with my right hand fingers.
Buttoning
> > my
> > > shirts takes a lot more time.  By the end of 2001, I could not
> > reproduce my
> > > signature;  however my handwriting did not become tinies
andtiniesas
> > it
> > > should be for PD; simplyh I cannot right one word without my hand
> > running
> > > crazy all over the place.  I was lucky I knew typing.  Even that
> > becomes
> > > very difficult now days, since a couple of my fingers would not
want
> > to bend
> > > when I type some letters!
> > >     By the year 2000, I was convinced some thing strange was going
on
> > There
> > > fore I saw a neurologist.  She told me I ws having ET and not PD.
> > Then I
> > > went and saw the only local Movement Disorder Specialist who
thought
> > tht I
> > > was developing PD on top of my ET.  I went through the initial
phase
> > of
> > > denial and sought a second opinion from another MDS at Bethesda
> > Univesity
> > > Hospital.  She assured me that I did not have PD and prescribed
> > Propranalol.
> > > When my lo al MDS heard this, he refused to see me!  Propranalol
had
> > only
> > > transient effect on my tremor; soon I started developing high
blood
> > pressure
> > > (this is a beta blocker and is not supposed to do this!), increase
in
> > weight
> > > and blood sugar, and lethargy and low pulse rate.  I stopped
taking
> > > Propranalol; I lost my gained weight, blood sugar became normal,
> > normal
> > > pulse rate, and my action tremor was getting worse.  I have
developed
> > mild
> > > postural instability and occasinal drooling, along with sightly
> > progressed
> > > speech slurring.
> > >     I saw another neurologist who prescribed sinemet CR, which I
have
> > not
> > > yet started taking.  In the meanwhile, the news about mirapex and
> > requip
> > > delaying the progression of PD.  I am wondering if I should see
> > another MDS.
> > > I am waiting to get an appointment with Dr. Tony Lang in Toronto.
> > >     More about me later.
> > >     Raj
> > >     [log in to unmask]
> > >
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